A venture capitalist named Ben Casnocha shared a story on X last week about a friend at Google who was pulled aside by his manager and told not to use the term "all-hands"—common corporate speak for a meeting involving everyone on a company or a team. The reason? The term is insensitive because not everyone has hands. A spokesperson at Google confirmed the anecdote to Fortune, explaining it amounted to a "manager giving guidance to their team based on ongoing conversations around inclusion."
Casnocha's tweet received considerable attention, including from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, who retweeted with the comment: "If you want to work at a company that won't bother you with this nonsense, consider applying for a role @coinbase. We just focus on building great products and updating the global financial system with crypto."
